| 854 |
First documented appearance of Gedwearde (Jedburgh), claimed to be the first established parish in Scotland |
| 1147 |
Founding of Jedburgh Abbey |
| c1150 |
Gedwearde (Jedburgh) recognised by King David I by Charter as a Royal Burgh |
| 1285 |
Wedding of King Alexander III in Jedburgh Abbey |
| 1356 |
Puppet King Edward Balliol virtually sells Roxburgh Castle and his kingdom to Edward III of England for a lump sum and a pension |
| 1460 |
Roxburgh Castle recaptured by the Scots, during the siege of which King James II was killed by an exploding cannon |
| 1513 |
Battle of Flodden |
| 1516 |
Use of Jethart Staff banned by Act of Parliament |
| 1542 |
Mary Queen of Scots born |
| 1544/5 |
Henry VIII's "Rough Wooing" of the Borders |
| 1566 |
Mary Queen of Scots resides in Jedburgh |
| 1567 |
Mary Queen of Scots marries James, 4th Earl of Bothwell |
| 1575 |
Thomas Rutherford ("The Black Laird of Edgerston") leads the victorious Scots army at the Battle of the Red Swire, Carterfell |
| 1575 |
The Raid of the Redeswire (the last Scots/English skirmish in the Borders) |
| 1587 |
Mary Queen of Scots executed |
| 1622 |
Sir Andrew Kerr was created Lord Jedburgh |
| 1700 |
James Thomson born at Ednam  |
| 1727 |
Jean Elliot born (author of "The Flowers in the Forest") |
| 1730 |
Lodge of St John No 104 Jedburgh founded |
| 1737 |
Blackfriars (later Boston Blackfriars, and now Trinity) Church established |
| 1745 |
Prince Charles Edward Stuart and army visited Jedburgh on way to invade England |
| 1745 |
John Ainslie, the celebrated mapmaker, was born in Jedburgh |
| 1780 |
Mary Somerville was born in Jedburgh |
| 1781 |
Sir David Brewster was born in Jedburgh |
| 1787 |
Robert Burns receives the Freedom of the Royal Burgh (the "Burgess Ticket") |
| 1787 |
James Hutton, Father of Geology, discovers "unconformity" at Inchbonny |
| 1789 |
John Ainslie publishes his large scale Map of Scotland |
| 1790 |
Jedburgh Curling Club formed |
| 1803 |
William Wordsworth visited Jedburgh |
| 1810 |
Founding of "Jedforest Club" (later the Jedburgh Club) |
| 1815 |
Jedburgh Savings Bank founded |
| 1815 |
Foundation stone of original Wellington Pillar at Penielheugh laid |
| 1823 |
Castle Jail opened |
| 1842 |
Mission Hall opened |
| 1844 |
Consecration of St John's Episcopal Church |
| 1854 |
Jedforest Instrumental Band formed |
| 1854 |
Jedforest Border Games instituted |
| 1855 |
St Mary's R.C. Church opened for worship |
| 1856 |
Railway to Jedburgh opened |
| 1857 |
Castlewood Cemetery opened |
| 1858 |
Jedburgh Cricket Club formed |
| 1860 |
Bowling green at Allars Mill opened |
| 1867 |
Queen Victoria visits Jedburgh |
| 1884 |
Jed-Forest Rugby FootballClub formed |
| 1875 |
Old Parish Church opened for worship (congregation transferred from the Abbey) |
| 1892 |
Jedburgh Golf Club formed |
| 1898 |
Corn Exchange Fire |
| 1899 |
Jubilee Fountain built |
| 1898 |
Queen Victoria makes Diamond Jubilee visit to Jedburgh |
| 1900 |
Wee Stand at Riverside rugby ground opened |
| 1900 |
Public Hall opened |
| 1901 |
HandBa' cancelled for the first (and only) time since medieval times due to the funeral of Queen Victoria |
| 1905 |
Public Library opened |
| 1921 |
War Memorial unveiled |
| 1921 |
Deborah Kerr (actress) born |
| 1929 |
North British Rayon factory under construction |
| 1945 |
Michael Ancram (politician) born |
| 1947 |
Jethart Callant's festival inaugurated |
| 1956 |
North British Rayon factory closed (putting 70% of working population out of work) |
| 1959 |
Cutting of sod at site of L.S. Starrett factory |
| 1959 |
Jim Kerr (rock singer) born |
| 1962 |
Allars Mill closed, followed by Boyd's Mill |
| 1964 |
Railway closed |
| 1964 |
Last edition of "Jedburgh Gazette" |
| 1968 |
North British Rayon chimney demolished |
| 1972 |
Jedforest Historical Society formed |
| 1975 |
Mainetti factory opened |
| 1999 |
Jedburgh Alliance formed |
| 1999 |
Jedforest Community Arts Association formed |
| 2000 |
Unicorn replaced on Jubilee Fountain |
| 2001 |
Renovated Mission Hall opened by HRH The Princess Royal as new Band Hall |
| 2001 |
Population census: 4,088 |
